Any company which has a competitive edge over others is exposed to the dangers of espionage. Developing countries and peripheral states do their utmost to obtain illegal information on design plans, sketches, models, calculations and other highly sensitive data. They do so in the hope of quickly reducing the technical lead of the industrialized countries and winning over the market with cheaply produced plagiarisms.

Keep your eyes open, report any suspicion and protect your company from espionage. We will assist you in that.

Studies estimate the damage caused by industrial espionage carried out by foreign secret services and competitors in Germany at around 50 billion Euros annually.

Risks are posed by a company’s own employees, infiltrated trainees, business delegations or plant visitors who secretly copy data within the company or take pictures with their mobile phone cameras

Internal perpetrators – an underestimated risk!

Internal perpetrators may be able to cause more damage to companies than external perpetrators, given their legal access options and insider knowledge of internal vulnerabilities of businesses and organizations. Hierarchies do not represent borders either – a perpetrator could be anybody from caretaker to manager. It is often made all too easy for internal perpetrators, e.g. through largely unlimited access to company know-how and carelessness in handling sensitive documents. Due to, for example, career paths which do not meet expectations, it is not uncommon for employees who have been employed in a company for many years to be considered as perpetrators. But also external personnel working temporarily in the company, who receive temporary access and access authorizations, represent a risk of damage.

That is why you should protect your company at all levels. Check where there are security gaps. Ask us. LENS SEAL® has a solution for you as well.